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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2001
Russell F. Durgin, Attleboro, MA (US);
Marc O. Schurr, Tuebingen, DE;
Gerhard Buess, Tuebingen, DE;
Bernd Vogel, Karlsruhe, DE;
Harald Fischer, Karlsruhe, DE;
Russell F. Durgin, Attleboro, MA (US);
Marc O. Schurr, Tuebingen, DE;
Gerhard Buess, Tuebingen, DE;
Bernd Vogel, Karlsruhe, DE;
Harald Fischer, Karlsruhe, DE;
Ovesco Endoscopy, GmbH, Tubingen, DE;
Abstract
A system and method for delivering a surgical clip to a surgical site within a patient's body to compress body tissue is disclosed. In one embodiment for the system of the present invention, the system includes an endoscopic device that has an endoscope cap disposed on a distal end of the endoscopic device. A surgical clip is removably disposed on an outside surface of the endoscope cap. A deployment device is associated with the surgical clip for deploying the surgical clip from the endoscope cap to the body tissue that is to be compressed.